21 Terms
Contributors in World history
World history
Macchu Picchu
History; World history
Inca city, situated high above the Urabamba valley, Peru. It was probably a border outpost or religious center. The city was unknown to the Spanish conquistadors and lay undiscovered until 1911. ...
Ice Ages
History; World history
The cold phases of the Pleistocene epoch, a period of extreme oscillation in global temperatures with corresponding extensions and contractions of the polar ice sheets. The long-accepted sequence of ...
Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
History; World history
Nationalist ssociation founded in 1873, descended from the Fenian Brotherhood. It intended to wage war against Britain, but lack of unity prevented a clear policy developing and some members used ...
diarchy
History; World history
A form of government where power is shared between two joint authorities.
communism
History; World history
Political theory promoting common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange. The theory was first articulated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th century and developed ...
imperialism
History; World history
Nineteenth-century international system by which wealthy countries acquired and exploited underdeveloped countries for financial and military advantages. A colonial empire was desired as a mark of ...
iron curtain
History; World history
An imaginary line dividing communist eastern Europe from western Europe in the Cold War. The term was popularized after use by Winston Churchill in 1946.
